June 4
Larry Hajime Shinagawa (Associate Professor, University of Maryland)
“Fate and Destiny of the Japanese: Lessons Learned from the Japanese Americans Experiences”
October 16
Yasuhiro Okada (Visiting Fellow, Institute of American and Canadian Studies, Sophia University)
“African American Soldiers in Japan under U.S. Military Occupation: Focusing on the 24th Infantry Regiment Staioned at Camp Gifu”
January 12
Sayuri Shibasaki (Research Fellow, Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, Josai International University)
“Dismantling ‘Tragic Mulatta’ in American Independent Films: Works by John Cassavetes and Julie Dash”